Re: convert a function

From:
"Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antispam@gmx.de>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:13:22 +0100
Message-ID:
<hl7f76$sb8$1@newsreader3.netcologne.de>
Am 14.02.2010 00:43, schrieb Maxim Yegorushkin:

On 12/02/10 01:18, tonydee wrote:

On Feb 12, 8:06 am, "Larry"<dontmewit...@got.it> wrote:

class hexPack
{
public:
  hexPack(int value) : m_value(value) { }
  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const hexPack&
pack)
  {
   return os.put((pack.m_value>> 24)& 0xFF).put((pack.m_value>> 16)&
0xFF).put((pack.m_value>> 8)& 0xFF).put(pack.m_value& 0xFF);
  }
private:
  unsigned m_value;
};

Now, since I didn't write that class I would need to figure out a way to
code the viceversa class


     std::ifstream hfile... // open your input...

     unsigned char a, b, c, d;
     if (hfile>> a>> b>> c>> d)
     {
         int original_value = a<< 24 | b<< 16 | c<< 8 | d;
         // do whatever you like with it...
     }


That won't work since there is no whitespace written between hex bytes.


It won't work but not because of missing white space.

ostream::put writes unformatted output, that is, the chars are written
directly as binary and not converted to the textual representation of
the numbers. To read, use istream::get and not the >>-operator.

A more direct way:

std::cout << std::hex << value;
std::cin >> std::hex >> value;


This outputs the value in textual (hexadecimal) representation and might
not be what the OP wants or needs.

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